Etymology : Middle English wird, werd, from Old English wyrd; akin to Old Norse urthr fate, Old English weorthan to become; more at WORTH
Pronunciation : wird
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. fate, destiny. strange, odd, queer; mysterious, unearthly, supernatural; concerned with fate or destiny (Archaic). weird\weird\, v. t. to foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [scot.]weird \weird\ (wērd), n. [oe. wirde, werde, as. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the fates, fr. weor?an to be, to become; akin to os. wurd fate, ohg. wurt, icel. ur?r. ?143. see:
worth to become.].
2. fate; destiny; one of the fates, or norns; also, a prediction. [obs. or scot.].
3. a spell or charm. [obs. or scot.] w. scott.weird \weird\, a.
4. of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
5. of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc. myself too had weird seizures. those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation.weird sisters, the fates. [scot.] douglas.note: shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in macbeth. the weird sisters, hand in hand, posters of the sea and land.weird adj.
6. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- john galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- henry kingsley [syn: eldritch, uncanny, unearthly].
7. strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- bram stoker fate personified; one of the three weird sisters [syn: wyrd, weird].
8. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.
9. A spell or charm.
10. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
11. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
12. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker.
13. If you describe something or someone as weird, you mean that they are strange. He's different. He's weird Drugs can make you do all kinds of weird things It must be really weird to be rich. very strange and unusual, and difficult to understand or explain (weird (11-18 centuries), from wyrd).
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